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Sept. 11, 2018 Document Shows Judge Kavanaugh Misled Durbin Under Oath About His Work On Controversial Judicial Nomination Sen. Dick Durbin
Sept. 10, 2018 New Irs Data Shows Peter Roskam Tax Bill "devastating" for Sixth District Rep. Sean Casten
Sept. 9, 2018 NBC "Meet the Press" - Transcript: Interview with Sen. Richard Durbin Sen. Dick Durbin
Sept. 8, 2018 Tweet - "I've never been part of a Supreme Court nomination hearing like this past week's. With so much concealment and so many questions about Judge Kavanaugh's record, this nomination has a cloud over it." Sen. Dick Durbin
Sept. 7, 2018 Schneider Introduces Legislation to Close Revolving Door Loopholes in Trump Administration Ethics Guidelines Rep. Brad Schneider
Sept. 7, 2018 Democrat Lauren Underwood Announces First Ad Buy in IL-14 Congressional Race Rep. Lauren Underwood
Sept. 7, 2018 Tweet - "In my opening statement at Judge Kavanaugh's hearing, I predicted that he wouldn't tell the Judiciary Committee much. I was right. He refused to discuss his views on many critical issues facing our country in this perilous moment." Sen. Dick Durbin
Sept. 7, 2018 Tweet - "What authority does GOP attorney Bill Burck have to designate docs "committee confidential?" None. Dems never agreed to this attempt at concealment. The American people have the right to see the record from Judge Kavanaugh's public service career. I stand w my friend @CoryBooker." Sen. Dick Durbin
Sept. 7, 2018 Schneider, Other Delegation Members Meet with Department of Homeland Security on Illinois Election Security Efforts Rep. Brad Schneider
Sept. 6, 2018 Tweet - "The Judiciary Committee is considering a nominee to serve a lifetime appointment on the highest court in the land. Not releasing or reviewing his full record would be a disservice to the American people. I agree with @CoryBooker. #WhatAreTheyHiding" Sen. Dick Durbin
Sept. 6, 2018 Letter to the Hon. Charles Grassley, Chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, The Hon. Dianne Feinstein, Ranking Member - House Dems: Kavanaugh's Lifetime Appointment to the Supreme Court Threatens First Amendment Freedoms, Jeffersonian Separation of Church and State Rep. Jan Schakowsky, ...
Sept. 6, 2018 Tweet - "Roe v. Wade is "settled law" only until five conservative Supreme Court Justices overturn it. Judge Kavanaugh's statements - and email made public today - raise serious concerns that he would undermine Roe. #WhatsAtStake" Sen. Dick Durbin
Sept. 6, 2018 Tweet - "President Trump has shown his disdain for the rule of law and our democratic values time and time again. Supreme Court Justices serve as a check on presidential power, which is why I asked Judge Kavanaugh about his views on this topic." Sen. Dick Durbin
Sept. 6, 2018 Tweet - "For Judge Kavanaugh's nomination, Republicans have decided to use a GOP lawyer & Kavanaugh's former deputy, Bill Burck, to lead the document production process. Historically, this is done by the National Archives. Why is Kavanaugh getting special treatment? #WhatAreTheyHiding" Sen. Dick Durbin
Sept. 6, 2018 Tweet - "Yesterday I asked Judge Kavanaugh about his dissent in Garza v. Hargan. This case involved a 17-year-old young woman who sought an abortion in Texas while in immigration custody. She took every step required by law to move forward with her decision." Sen. Dick Durbin
Sept. 6, 2018 Tammy Duckworth: Confirming Judge Kavanaugh Would Threaten Reproductive Rights & Access to Health Care for Women Sen. Ladda Duckworth
Sept. 6, 2018 Durbin Presses Supreme Court Nominee Kavanaugh On His Views Of President Trump's Power Sen. Dick Durbin
Sept. 5, 2018 Tweet - "Judge Kavanaugh claims he follows Supreme Court precedent. But in Agri Processor v. NLRB, he ignored a 7-2 Supreme Court decision and bent over backwards to take the side of a company against the workers it abused." Sen. Dick Durbin
Sept. 5, 2018 Tweet - "Today I asked Judge Kavanaugh whether he would ask Republicans to stop the concealment and make his full record public for the American people. He refused. #WhatAreTheyHiding" Sen. Dick Durbin
Sept. 5, 2018 Casten up With New General Election TV Ad Rep. Sean Casten
Sept. 5, 2018 Tweet - "Most people wouldn't buy a used car without checking the full vehicle history report. Yet Republicans are pressuring us to accept Brett Kavanaugh as a replacement for Justice Anthony Kennedy without letting us check his full record. America could get taken for a ride." Sen. Dick Durbin
Sept. 5, 2018 CNN "The Situation Room" - Transcript: Interview with Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL) Sen. Dick Durbin
Sept. 5, 2018 Durbin Grills Supreme Court Nominee Kavanaugh On Secret Documents & Misleading Prior Testimony Sen. Dick Durbin
Sept. 4, 2018 Tweet - "The future of the ACA and coverage for pre-existing conditions are at stake with the nomination of Judge Kavanaugh -- and his views on this landmark law are clear. #WhatsAtStake" Sen. Dick Durbin
Sept. 4, 2018 Tweet - "Why are Senate Republicans so eager to rush through President Trump's SCOTUS nominee without meeting the basic requirement of due diligence that the American people expect and deserve? #WhatAreTheyHiding" Sen. Dick Durbin
Sept. 4, 2018 Tweet - "The American people deserve better when it comes to the process that has been employed to vet Judge Kavanaugh. They deserve honesty, transparency, and the nominee's full record for review. #WhatAreTheyHiding" Sen. Dick Durbin
Sept. 4, 2018 Casten: Roskam Puts Chemical Industry Over Public Safety Rep. Sean Casten
Sept. 4, 2018 Hearing of the Senate Judiciary Committee - Opening Statement of Sen. Durbin, Hearing on the Nomination of the Honorable Brett M. Kavanaugh to be an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States Sen. Dick Durbin
Sept. 4, 2018 Hearing of the Senate Judiciary Committee - Opening Statement of Sen. Dick Durbin, Hearing on "Supreme Court Nomination of Brett Kavanaugh" Sen. Dick Durbin
Sept. 3, 2018 Tweet - "The stakes for this SCOTUS nom are enormous. The next justice could be the swing vote on the highest court for a generation or more. And yet Senate Republicans are utterly failing to do their job of conducting a thorough, transparent review of the nominee. #WhatAreTheyHiding" Sen. Dick Durbin
Sept. 2, 2018 Fox News "Fox News Sunday" - Transcript: Interview with Senator Dick Durbin Sen. Dick Durbin
Sept. 1, 2018 Tweet - "It would be an abdication of the Senate's constitutional responsibility of "advice and consent" to consider Judge Kavanaugh's nomination to the highest court without getting his full White house record, including documents from his time as Staff Secretary. #WhatAreTheyHiding" Sen. Dick Durbin
Aug. 31, 2018 Casten: What's Good for The Koch Brothers Is Bad for Sixth District Families Rep. Sean Casten
Aug. 31, 2018 Tweet - "The biggest black hole in Judge Kavanaugh's record is his 35-month tenure as White House Staff Secretary from July 2003 to May 2006. Republicans are not disclosing any documents from this 35-month time period. #WhatAreTheyHiding" Sen. Dick Durbin
Aug. 31, 2018 Tweet - "When I met with Judge Kavanaugh, he acknowledged he worked on same-sex marriage, abortion, executive power, torture, Supreme Court nominations, warrantless wiretapping, and more as Staff Secretary. Why are Republicans hiding his records from this time period? #WhatAreTheyHiding" Sen. Dick Durbin
Aug. 31, 2018 Letter to Charles E. Grassley, Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee - Duckworth: Allow American People to Review Records of Brett Kavanaugh's Involvement in Bush Administration's Torture Policies Sen. Ladda Duckworth
Aug. 30, 2018 Tweet - "It's clear that there are many parts of Judge Kavanaugh's record that Republicans do not want the American people to see. #WhatAreTheyHiding" Sen. Dick Durbin
Aug. 30, 2018 Letter to President Donald Trump - With the Number of Refugees Permitted to Come to the U.S. on Pace for Lowest Number on Record, Senators Call on Trump Administration to Step Up Efforts and Honor America's Legacy as a Safe Haven for Families Fleeing Persecution Sen. Ladda Duckworth, ...
Aug. 30, 2018 Peter Roskam Continues to Duck Voters Rep. Sean Casten
Aug. 29, 2018 Tweet - "It's particularly important to review the record of *this* SCOTUS nominee who has been appointed by *this* President at *this* moment. And it's shocking that the Administration & Senate Republicans are hiding huge portions of Judge Kavanaugh's record in light of this." Sen. Dick Durbin
Aug. 29, 2018 Peter Roskam Should Put Country Over Party Rep. Sean Casten
Aug. 28, 2018 Letter to Charles E. Grassley, Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee - Judiciary Committee Democrats Protest Withholding of Kavanaugh Documents Sen. Dick Durbin, ...
Aug. 28, 2018 Tweet - "We have less than a week before the nomination hearing for Judge Kavanuagh, and the Senate Judiciary Committee has received less than 6% of his White House record. This vetting process is woefully inadequate. What are Senate Republicans hiding?" Sen. Dick Durbin
Aug. 28, 2018 Illinois Farm Bureau Endorses Bost for Re-Election Rep. Mike Bost
Aug. 28, 2018 Casten, Bustos: Invest in Our Future Rep. Sean Casten
Aug. 26, 2018 Casten Celebrates Women's Equality Day, Assails Peter Roskam's Abysmal Record Rep. Sean Casten
Aug. 24, 2018 Letter to the Hon. Charles Grassley, Chairman of the Committee on the Judiciary - Judiciary Committee Democrats Call for Postponement of Kavanaugh Hearing Sen. Dick Durbin, ...
Aug. 24, 2018 Letter to The Hon. Robert Goodlatte, Chairman of The House Judiciary Committee - House Judiciary Dems Demand Goodlatte Bring the Committee Into Session; Request Meeting with DOJ on Cohen's Guilty Plea & Demand Hearings on Trump's Abuse of Pardon Power Rep. Brad Schneider, ...
Aug. 24, 2018 Tweet - "We are at the threshold of a constitutional crisis. Rushing ahead with a hearing on Judge Kavanaugh -- who has argued a sitting President shouldn't be investigated -- would be a mistake." Sen. Dick Durbin
Aug. 24, 2018 Letter to the Hon. Charles Grassley, Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee - EPW Democrats Press Judiciary Chairman Grassley for Kavanaugh Documents on Environmental Matters Sen. Ladda Duckworth, ...
Date Title Politician
Sept. 11, 2018 Document Shows Judge Kavanaugh Misled Durbin Under Oath About His Work On Controversial Judicial Nomination Sen.Dick Durbin
Sept. 10, 2018 New Irs Data Shows Peter Roskam Tax Bill "devastating" for Sixth District Rep.Sean Casten
Sept. 9, 2018 NBC "Meet the Press" - Transcript: Interview with Sen. Richard Durbin Sen.Dick Durbin
Sept. 8, 2018 Tweet - "I've never been part of a Supreme Court nomination hearing like this past week's. With so much concealment and so many questions about Judge Kavanaugh's record, this nomination has a cloud over it." Sen.Dick Durbin
Sept. 7, 2018 Schneider Introduces Legislation to Close Revolving Door Loopholes in Trump Administration Ethics Guidelines Rep.Brad Schneider
Sept. 7, 2018 Democrat Lauren Underwood Announces First Ad Buy in IL-14 Congressional Race Rep.Lauren Underwood
Sept. 7, 2018 Tweet - "In my opening statement at Judge Kavanaugh's hearing, I predicted that he wouldn't tell the Judiciary Committee much. I was right. He refused to discuss his views on many critical issues facing our country in this perilous moment." Sen.Dick Durbin
Sept. 7, 2018 Tweet - "What authority does GOP attorney Bill Burck have to designate docs "committee confidential?" None. Dems never agreed to this attempt at concealment. The American people have the right to see the record from Judge Kavanaugh's public service career. I stand w my friend @CoryBooker." Sen.Dick Durbin
Sept. 7, 2018 Schneider, Other Delegation Members Meet with Department of Homeland Security on Illinois Election Security Efforts Rep.Brad Schneider
Sept. 6, 2018 Tweet - "The Judiciary Committee is considering a nominee to serve a lifetime appointment on the highest court in the land. Not releasing or reviewing his full record would be a disservice to the American people. I agree with @CoryBooker. #WhatAreTheyHiding" Sen.Dick Durbin
Sept. 6, 2018 Letter to the Hon. Charles Grassley, Chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, The Hon. Dianne Feinstein, Ranking Member - House Dems: Kavanaugh's Lifetime Appointment to the Supreme Court Threatens First Amendment Freedoms, Jeffersonian Separation of Church and State Rep.Jan Schakowsky, ...
Sept. 6, 2018 Tweet - "Roe v. Wade is "settled law" only until five conservative Supreme Court Justices overturn it. Judge Kavanaugh's statements - and email made public today - raise serious concerns that he would undermine Roe. #WhatsAtStake" Sen.Dick Durbin
Sept. 6, 2018 Tweet - "President Trump has shown his disdain for the rule of law and our democratic values time and time again. Supreme Court Justices serve as a check on presidential power, which is why I asked Judge Kavanaugh about his views on this topic." Sen.Dick Durbin
Sept. 6, 2018 Tweet - "For Judge Kavanaugh's nomination, Republicans have decided to use a GOP lawyer & Kavanaugh's former deputy, Bill Burck, to lead the document production process. Historically, this is done by the National Archives. Why is Kavanaugh getting special treatment? #WhatAreTheyHiding" Sen.Dick Durbin
Sept. 6, 2018 Tweet - "Yesterday I asked Judge Kavanaugh about his dissent in Garza v. Hargan. This case involved a 17-year-old young woman who sought an abortion in Texas while in immigration custody. She took every step required by law to move forward with her decision." Sen.Dick Durbin
Sept. 6, 2018 Tammy Duckworth: Confirming Judge Kavanaugh Would Threaten Reproductive Rights & Access to Health Care for Women Sen.Ladda Duckworth
Sept. 6, 2018 Durbin Presses Supreme Court Nominee Kavanaugh On His Views Of President Trump's Power Sen.Dick Durbin
Sept. 5, 2018 Tweet - "Judge Kavanaugh claims he follows Supreme Court precedent. But in Agri Processor v. NLRB, he ignored a 7-2 Supreme Court decision and bent over backwards to take the side of a company against the workers it abused." Sen.Dick Durbin
Sept. 5, 2018 Tweet - "Today I asked Judge Kavanaugh whether he would ask Republicans to stop the concealment and make his full record public for the American people. He refused. #WhatAreTheyHiding" Sen.Dick Durbin
Sept. 5, 2018 Casten up With New General Election TV Ad Rep.Sean Casten
Sept. 5, 2018 Tweet - "Most people wouldn't buy a used car without checking the full vehicle history report. Yet Republicans are pressuring us to accept Brett Kavanaugh as a replacement for Justice Anthony Kennedy without letting us check his full record. America could get taken for a ride." Sen.Dick Durbin
Sept. 5, 2018 CNN "The Situation Room" - Transcript: Interview with Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL) Sen.Dick Durbin
Sept. 5, 2018 Durbin Grills Supreme Court Nominee Kavanaugh On Secret Documents & Misleading Prior Testimony Sen.Dick Durbin
Sept. 4, 2018 Tweet - "The future of the ACA and coverage for pre-existing conditions are at stake with the nomination of Judge Kavanaugh -- and his views on this landmark law are clear. #WhatsAtStake" Sen.Dick Durbin
Sept. 4, 2018 Tweet - "Why are Senate Republicans so eager to rush through President Trump's SCOTUS nominee without meeting the basic requirement of due diligence that the American people expect and deserve? #WhatAreTheyHiding" Sen.Dick Durbin
Sept. 4, 2018 Tweet - "The American people deserve better when it comes to the process that has been employed to vet Judge Kavanaugh. They deserve honesty, transparency, and the nominee's full record for review. #WhatAreTheyHiding" Sen.Dick Durbin
Sept. 4, 2018 Casten: Roskam Puts Chemical Industry Over Public Safety Rep.Sean Casten
Sept. 4, 2018 Hearing of the Senate Judiciary Committee - Opening Statement of Sen. Durbin, Hearing on the Nomination of the Honorable Brett M. Kavanaugh to be an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States Sen.Dick Durbin
Sept. 4, 2018 Hearing of the Senate Judiciary Committee - Opening Statement of Sen. Dick Durbin, Hearing on "Supreme Court Nomination of Brett Kavanaugh" Sen.Dick Durbin
Sept. 3, 2018 Tweet - "The stakes for this SCOTUS nom are enormous. The next justice could be the swing vote on the highest court for a generation or more. And yet Senate Republicans are utterly failing to do their job of conducting a thorough, transparent review of the nominee. #WhatAreTheyHiding" Sen.Dick Durbin
Sept. 2, 2018 Fox News "Fox News Sunday" - Transcript: Interview with Senator Dick Durbin Sen.Dick Durbin
Sept. 1, 2018 Tweet - "It would be an abdication of the Senate's constitutional responsibility of "advice and consent" to consider Judge Kavanaugh's nomination to the highest court without getting his full White house record, including documents from his time as Staff Secretary. #WhatAreTheyHiding" Sen.Dick Durbin
Aug. 31, 2018 Casten: What's Good for The Koch Brothers Is Bad for Sixth District Families Rep.Sean Casten
Aug. 31, 2018 Tweet - "The biggest black hole in Judge Kavanaugh's record is his 35-month tenure as White House Staff Secretary from July 2003 to May 2006. Republicans are not disclosing any documents from this 35-month time period. #WhatAreTheyHiding" Sen.Dick Durbin
Aug. 31, 2018 Tweet - "When I met with Judge Kavanaugh, he acknowledged he worked on same-sex marriage, abortion, executive power, torture, Supreme Court nominations, warrantless wiretapping, and more as Staff Secretary. Why are Republicans hiding his records from this time period? #WhatAreTheyHiding" Sen.Dick Durbin
Aug. 31, 2018 Letter to Charles E. Grassley, Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee - Duckworth: Allow American People to Review Records of Brett Kavanaugh's Involvement in Bush Administration's Torture Policies Sen.Ladda Duckworth
Aug. 30, 2018 Tweet - "It's clear that there are many parts of Judge Kavanaugh's record that Republicans do not want the American people to see. #WhatAreTheyHiding" Sen.Dick Durbin
Aug. 30, 2018 Letter to President Donald Trump - With the Number of Refugees Permitted to Come to the U.S. on Pace for Lowest Number on Record, Senators Call on Trump Administration to Step Up Efforts and Honor America's Legacy as a Safe Haven for Families Fleeing Persecution Sen.Ladda Duckworth, ...
Aug. 30, 2018 Peter Roskam Continues to Duck Voters Rep.Sean Casten
Aug. 29, 2018 Tweet - "It's particularly important to review the record of *this* SCOTUS nominee who has been appointed by *this* President at *this* moment. And it's shocking that the Administration & Senate Republicans are hiding huge portions of Judge Kavanaugh's record in light of this." Sen.Dick Durbin
Aug. 29, 2018 Peter Roskam Should Put Country Over Party Rep.Sean Casten
Aug. 28, 2018 Letter to Charles E. Grassley, Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee - Judiciary Committee Democrats Protest Withholding of Kavanaugh Documents Sen.Dick Durbin, ...
Aug. 28, 2018 Tweet - "We have less than a week before the nomination hearing for Judge Kavanuagh, and the Senate Judiciary Committee has received less than 6% of his White House record. This vetting process is woefully inadequate. What are Senate Republicans hiding?" Sen.Dick Durbin
Aug. 28, 2018 Illinois Farm Bureau Endorses Bost for Re-Election Rep.Mike Bost
Aug. 28, 2018 Casten, Bustos: Invest in Our Future Rep.Sean Casten
Aug. 26, 2018 Casten Celebrates Women's Equality Day, Assails Peter Roskam's Abysmal Record Rep.Sean Casten
Aug. 24, 2018 Letter to the Hon. Charles Grassley, Chairman of the Committee on the Judiciary - Judiciary Committee Democrats Call for Postponement of Kavanaugh Hearing Sen.Dick Durbin, ...
Aug. 24, 2018 Letter to The Hon. Robert Goodlatte, Chairman of The House Judiciary Committee - House Judiciary Dems Demand Goodlatte Bring the Committee Into Session; Request Meeting with DOJ on Cohen's Guilty Plea & Demand Hearings on Trump's Abuse of Pardon Power Rep.Brad Schneider, ...
Aug. 24, 2018 Tweet - "We are at the threshold of a constitutional crisis. Rushing ahead with a hearing on Judge Kavanaugh -- who has argued a sitting President shouldn't be investigated -- would be a mistake." Sen.Dick Durbin
Aug. 24, 2018 Letter to the Hon. Charles Grassley, Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee - EPW Democrats Press Judiciary Chairman Grassley for Kavanaugh Documents on Environmental Matters Sen.Ladda Duckworth, ...
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